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House Commerce Committee members heard testimony from executives of the five largest tobacco companies in the U.S on the proposed settlement between States Attorneys General and the five tob…

Committee members met to hear testimony from major tobacco executives on the tobacco industry perspective on the proposed settlement between states attorneys general and five tobacco compani…

Witnesses testified about proposed legilation giving the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) the authority to set new CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards for p…

Subcommittee members marked up pending legislation, “Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006,” considered amendments and voted to approve it by 27 to 4. This bipart…

Witnesses testified about pending legislation, the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act of 2006, which would prevent outdated regulations from stunting the growth of new…

The House Subcommittee on Health along with the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing titled “Assessing Public Health and the Delivery of Care in the Wake of Katr…

The House will consider the Medical Malpractice Bill. The House will also consider several conference reports including Energy bill, Highway Bill, Interior/Environoment Spending, and Legisla…

House and Senate members met to resolve differences in Energy legislation that was passed by both houses of Congress. The conferees marked up electricity, Indian enegy, coal leasing, and por…

Members of the House Energy and Commerce committee heard testimony on the state of the telecommunications industry, recent and proposed mergers by communications companies, federal regulatio…

Members of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee heard testimony on the cost of the Medicaid prescription drug reimbursement program reported from a lengthy investigation into Medicaid.…

Secretary Thompson testified about the Bush administration’s health care priorities and the nomination of Mark McClellan to head Medicare programs. He also talked about providing prescriptio…

Television and radio executives testified about proposed legislation to strengthen the FCC enforcement of broadcast indecency laws for television and radio. Proposed legislation would signif…

Witnesses testified about decency standards in broadcast television and radio. The testimony focused on the halftime show at Superbowl XXXVIII at which performer Janet Jackson revealed her b…

The House passed a Medicare prescription drug bill.

Witnesses testified regarding the National Institutes of Health and biomedical research. Members of the committee were interested in how NIH funding, which was increased by 100% in the previ…

House and Senate negotiators debated Medicare prescription drug legislation. Two very different bills were passed by the House and the Senate and the committee worked toward reconciling them…